U.S. History Chapter 3 Test

The rules under which a government will operate is called 

• A Charter 
• A Bill of Rights 
• A Constitution 
• A Preamble 

Ratify means to 

• Rewrite a document 
• Reject a document 
• Approve a document 
• Destroy a doucment 

An amendment is 

• When you add or alter part of a document 
• When you reject a document 
• When you remove something from a document 
• When you destroy a document 

Supporters of a new, strong central government were known as 

• Loyalists 
• Federalists 
• Anti-Federalists 
• Patriots 

Why were people against the approval of the Constitution? 

• It did not include the protection of individual rights
• It failed to include "Checks and Balances"
• It made slavery illegal 

Under the Bill of Rights, which of the following is NOT protected?

• Freedom of speech 
• Freedom of the military 
• Freedom of religion 

What did most state constitutions have that the original U.S. Constitution did not? 

• A Bill of Rights 
• A legislature 
• The power to make laws 

Because the Framers wanted the Constitution to be flexible they provided a way for it to be __________?

• Amended 
• Suspended
• Rejected

What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention? 

• To form a new system of government 
• To revise the "Articles of Confederation"
• To break the nation into 13 small countries 

The US Constitution replaced ________________ as the national government

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• George Washington